Guards Guarded Bridges Against Explosives in War Tension
As diplomatic ties with Germany broke, New York City bridges including Brooklyn and Manhattan faced heightened security. Naval militia patrolled spans with bayonets, searched motorists, and enforced a fifty foot safety line. Vincent Astor joined 2000 militiamen in vigilance to prevent disruption of war vessel access.
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Germany
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Navy Yard
New York
Williamsburg
Queensboro
Hell Gate
Naval
Vincent Astor
Naval Militia
Granite State
West Ninety-ninth Street
Commodore Ve Hen
Secona Vane
Fitzgerald
Fifty-fifth Street
Captain Fitzgerald
Sinclair
Ensign Russell
New Jersey
Hell Gate Railway Bridge
Long Eagle Flight From Montana to Colombia Tracked
El Centro Montana resident J B Christian caught a golden eagle in his wheat field at Chateau on August 19. He released it with a bottle bearing his name and address. Luis Jelipe Rulda of Colombia claims to have killed the eagle on October 29, 1916 after the bird traveled about 3700 miles toward Bogota. The owner planned to keep it as a pet but marked it to study its habits. The eagle appeared exhausted when it landed in the field.
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el Centro
Mont
B. Christian
Chateau
Christian
Luis Jelipe Rulda
Republic of Colombia
Rulda
Montana
Bogota
Wisconsin Judge Survives Wildcat Attack on Tour
Milwaukee municipal Judge A Backus and his family escaped unharmed when a wildcat leaped onto their car near Athens Wisconsin. The beast struck the front tire fracturing its skull and died. Backus described the incident and transported the mounted carcass to Marshfield weighing forty to fifty pounds.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. ©. Backus
Athens
Backus
Marshfield
Bibles for Soldiers At Front Raise Over Twenty Five Thousand
In Princeton New Jersey Sunday school children contributed more than 25000 to supply European soldiers with Bibles and more than 500000 Testaments have been sent to the front The Rev Dr John Fox of New York secretary of the American Bible society spoke at the university meeting with Rev A C Tucker describing Bible distributions in Brazil President Hibben presided and invited guests gathered at his home before moving to McCosh hall due to large attendance
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Princeton
N. J
John Fox
New York
American Bible Society
the Society
A. C. Tucker
Brazil
President Hibben
University
McCosh Hall
Puny Italian Sings Way Into Country
Dominick Pacificio from Italy sang an aria from La Tosca before a board of special inquiry in Boston and was found not likely to become a public charge. He planned to join his brother, a priest, in Philadelphia.
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Boston
Dominick Pacificio
Italy
United States
Pacificio
Board of Special Inquiry
Board of Inquiry
Philadelphia
Ship's crew pans gold from creek near Navidad bay
The crew of the steamer San Pedro, arriving from Navidad bay near Manzanillo, Mexico, each found bags of gold washed from sands of a creek near the loading site. The captain allowed a day off from logs so all hands could pan for gold, averaging about $60 per man with one crewman over $200 in dust.
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San Francisco
San Pedro
Navidad Bay
Manzanillo
Mexico
Must Obey Wife For Year In Cincinnati Court
Alfred Ainsworth of 12 Livingston Street must obey his wife for one year or face a suspended three month workhouse sentence. He must also sign the pledge at her command. Judge Fox issued the decision in municipal court after charges of assault and battery by the wife. When told to report if he refused, Ainsworth meekly complied and followed his wife home.
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Cincinnati
Alfred Ainsworth
Livingston Street
Hunt Sharks for Leather in New Orleans Waters
Fishermen in New Orleans hunt man eating sharks for skins said to yield superior shoe leather. The blue shark hides are prized and the bureau of fisheries notes the lucrative sport may attract many boats, following a recent bid by H Serkowich of Cincinnati.
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New Orleans
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
H. Serkowich
Mincinnati
Gulf
Caribbean Sea
First Party at Seventy Five in Massillon
Frank Messler of East Tremont Street, Massillon, Ohio, celebrated his seventy fifth birthday with a reception hosted by friends and relatives. It was his first party of that kind.
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Massillon
Frank Messler
East Tremont Street
Seattle Boozering Trials Proceed On Merits In March
Federal Judge Neterer allows trial of Mayor Hiram Gill and Police Chief Beckingham along with indicted detectives and Sheriff Hodge. Trials to start in early March, likely a month of hearings. Reporting notes grand juries rarely act frivolously and suggests evidence points to official connivance in large bootlegging schemes. The piece also covers Lincoln Day banquet, U S court case against trading companies in Spokane, and warnings about savings and loan scams in Tacoma.
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Hiram Gill
Beckingham
Seattle
Bob Hodge
Neterer
Phil Hambrecht
Spokane
U. S
J. C. Lawrence
Lawrence
Mr. Hambrecht
Gale Smith
S. T. Knudson
Clyde L. Davies
Olin C. Fowler
John C. Lawrence
Northwestern General Trade> Company
Olympic Trading and Supply Vrene
Portland
Northwestern Company
Iowa Mercantile Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State Senator Chase cautions on graft and labor stance
The text notes Senator Chase opposing graft and a labor leaders refusal to abide by arbitration laws. It questions such stand by railroads and suggests resentment. It also cites Treasury estimates of Pancho Villa's cost to the U S at about 70 million dollars and the value of national humiliation.
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Chase
Minneapolis Tribune
Treasury
Pancho Villa
United States
Sheriff Sale Notice in Chelan County Washington
Notice of sheriff sale of real property in Chelan County Washington case number 8192 Mary J Smith is plaintiff and the action is in the superior court of the state of Washington Chelan County seeking foreclosure or related relief with details not fully readable in the fragment.
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State of Washington
Chelan County
William Crawford
Vernon N. Garner
Wenatchee
Washington
Leavenworth
Chelan
A. T
W. J. McCoy
Superior Court
Martin P. Spencer
Vernon L. Garner
William A. Grimshaw
Board of County Commissioners
Manson- First Creek
Manson and
First Creek
Lake Chelan
Court House
Said County
A. D
T. L. Ross
Mary A. Jewett
A.M. Malmgren
Margaret B Platt
Thomas H. Bain
Marie Bain
T. KE. Egbert
State of
A. M. Malmgren
Wenatchee Heights
Wash
Bert McEmanus
Said
H. K. Lemmon
Superior Court of the
Mary J. Smith
William F Anderson
Sarah L. Anderson
J.C. McGlothern
Mamie Madison
J. R. Atkeson
William F. Anderson
J. O. McGlothern
Sam
Basle
Great Northern
Bert McManus
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Central Building
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Sam Sumner
J. A. Adame
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